1 The Marine Environment Protection Committee,
at its sixty-second session, (11 to 15 July 2011), approved a revised
text of the Guidance for recording of operations in the Oil Record
Book Part I – Machinery space operations (all ships) (MEPC 62/24,
paragraph 7.23), set out in the annex.
2 The Guidance is intended to facilitate compliance
with MARPOL requirements on board ships by providing advice to crews
on how to record the various operations in the Oil Record Book by
using the correct codes and item numbers in order to ensure a more
uniform port State control procedure.
3 Administrations of Parties to MARPOL are invited
to encourage implementation of the annexed Guidance for use aboard
ships flying their flags and to disseminate it among all stakeholders
including ship operators, surveyors and port State control officers.
4 This circular revokes MEPC.1/Circ.736/Rev.1.